PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH THE CORRECT TOOLS Lorin Fernandez TESC Health Assessment NUR-416 Dr. Pamela S. Card February 24‚ 2013 Introduction Cancer patients‚ end of life patients‚ patients with chronic diseases‚ and patients with a simple complaint of pain are all entitled to the best pain management available for their specific needs. This topic is of particularly important for nursing professionals who need to have the knowledge to adequately assess and manage a patient’s pain with the
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standardized screening test does not exist for ovarian cancer. The symptoms of ovarian cancer are very nonspecific and are often misdiagnosed in the beginning. Symptoms include abdominal swelling or bloating‚ pain with intercourse‚ changes in bowel and/or bladder habits‚ pelvic discomfort‚ and lower back pain. If cancer is suspected or if a patient is at risk of developing the disease‚ a physician may perform a pelvic exam‚ an ultrasound‚ or a blood test to look for the presence of a protein called CA 125
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Case 5 – Pelvic Pain in a 36 year old Woman 1.0 History 1.1 Presenting Complaint A 36 year old woman presented with 4/12 history of suprapubic pain‚ radiating to her lower back and legs. The pain is worse at the start of her menstrual cycle (pain scale 8/10) and is intermittent‚ but not fully relieved at any time during the month. She also feels like there is pressure on her bowels and her bladder‚ she states she feels as if she needs to pass urine and faeces “all the time”. Regular paracetamol
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INTRODUCTION Low back pain can be caused by several pathological entities and its perception can be altered by external and psychosocial factors. The large number of patients complaining about lumbar pain and its consequent impact are startling medical organizations to rethink not only the anatomical pathology‚ but also other topics that may influence or attenuate the clinical presentation‚ such as psychological factors‚ litigation‚ social and work status‚ and other secondary gains. 1‚2 Back pain has been associated
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Discussion 5.1: Lung Diagnosis For this week this question I have chosen asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) Asthma and COPD are chronic respiratory conditions. These two conditions have been the focus of multiple studies‚ and discussions with the health care community as millions of people worldwide are affected and died due to its complications. Asthma is a chronic condition‚ characterized by the inflammation of the airways and airflow obstruction(Goolsby‚ Grubbs‚ & Goolsby
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Post-War Jaffna District: A Phenomenological Research Dilogini.K* G H Hensman Department of Marketing‚ Faculty of Management studies and Commerce‚ University of Jaffna‚ Sri Lanka *dilo.kuru@yahoo.com Abstract Deficiency of research on tourism marketing and the extant research on tourism marketing packages lacks in phenomenology based frameworks that explains what managerial implications are appropriate for the marketers in the Jaffna district post war marketing context. Present study explored managerial
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line insertion and pain management. Half of the health care providers (50%) rated themselves “good” at IV line insertion skill. The majority (95%) reported that continuous professional development on comforting strategies for pediatric pain management was necessary (Table 3). 3.3 Perceived barriers to implementing comforting strategies for pain management during IV line insertion procedure A number of barriers that affected implementation of comforting strategies for pain management during IV
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body in that particular area becomes hampered‚ causing pain ranging from mild irritation to debilitation. (Zelman‚ 2017) This pain is referred to as Joint Pain and has been plaguing human civilisations from as early as our hominid ancestors (Sarah Knapton‚ 2016). Why Do People Suffer From It? There are varying views on why and how joint pain come about however there are a few causes which are set in stone. Firstly is Injury. This leads to joint pain due to the over exertion and large amounts of pressure
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Paper: COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Definition This lung disease is clinically defined as a chronic obstacle of lung airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible (WHO‚ 2014). This chronic lung disease is commonly associated with constant inflammatory response within the lung airways minimizing gas exchange (Romme‚ McAllister‚ Murchison‚ Beek‚ Petrides‚ Price‚ MacNee‚ 2013). Many individuals with COPD disease commonly have chronic bronchitis and
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719 Reports of Investigation Risk factors of inadequate pain relief during epidural analgesia for labour and delivery Ghislaine Le Coq CRNA‚* B6atrice Ducot MD‚’f Dan Benhamou MD* Purpose: To determine the causes of failure of epidural analgesia during labour and delivery. Methods: During six months‚ pregnant patients receiving epidural analgesia and delivering vaginally were studied prospectively‚ Bupivacaine 0. 125% was used for the initial bolus dose and subsequent continuous infusion
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